Garment



E. ASH

GARMENT March 1, 1932.

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f1 llorney E. ASH

GARMENT March l, 1932.

Filed Aug. 17, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Edwar By @uw `/qllomey Patented Mar. 1, 1932 UNER Y Gianmaria:-y

Applcatoii filed August 17, 1931.

This invention relates to the broad class of feminine apparel and has more particular reference to a wrap-around garment possessing the general characteristics of a slip-on wrapper.

The present or as a convenient house dress, and the specific pattern utilized in carrying the inventive conception into actual practice constitutes the novelty which lends the desired individuality to the construction.

One feature of the construction is the shoulder formation providing an integral armhole equipped shoulder on one side and a separable sectional arm accommodating shoulder portion on the remaining side of the garment whereby to facilitate application and removal of the garment.

Another feature of the invention is the free section formation of the body portion of the garment defining a back, front, and a special tuck-in flap to underlie the front and to provide the desired completeness in'construction and arrangement.

A further feature is in having the garment open completely from top to bottom along one vertical side with the separable portions of the shoulder construction located on said open side to provide the desired wrap-around and slip-in advantages.

A still further feature of importance is the waist strap construction employing a pair of companion straps whose free ends are tied together wherein one of the straps is passed through a special front eyelet for purposes of sired waist band eect in appearance.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the completed. garment as constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a spread plan view of the especially patterned body portion from which the garment is fashioned.v

As seen in Figure 2, the entire body portion of the garment is ofsuitable configuration to impart the desired shape and appearance. The material from which the body is formed is divided into three distinguishable sectors,

idea has to do with an article of apparel which may be utilized as an apron,v

maintenance and to provide the de- Serial No. 557,659.

the backdenoted by the numeral 3, the front by the numeral 4, and the underlap'pingffiap bythe numeral 5. The front is somewhat" wider and larger in proportion-than the back f and the flap 5 is of general segmental con- 55 figuration `as represented. better in dotted lines in Figure 1.V Stitched or otherwisesel cured to the exterior of the garment along the foldiine Gare buttons 7 with which button holes 8 on the edge portion 9 of the lfront 60 are detacliably connected. The shoulder strap portion 'represented by the numeral 10 on the left of the garment in Figure '1 is of substantially conventional configuration and providedwithan armhole 11 and the upper 65* edge portion of the Vfrontsection 4is shaped and bound as indicated at 12=to form aneck opening of appropriate outline. That portion of the garment constitutingthe opposite shoulder Vportion or strap is made up .of com! panion sections; namely7 an extension -13 formed on the upper partof'the front 4,*reinforced at 14 and k.provided with .buttonholes 15, together -with a similar extension 16 formed on the upper partof the back, rein- 5 forced vat y17, and having buttons 18 to accommcdate the'buttonholes 15.

.The numeral 19 designates an ornamental frontal piece. The numeral 20 designates a strap whoseinner end is attached tothe front 4 near the, waist lin-e 21. At the eXtreme inner end of attachment of this strap 2O is an imitation finishing eyelet 22. Near the imitation eyelet 22 is an actual mesh-bound eyelet 23 which serves as a guide or loop through 85 which the intermediate portion of the remaining strap 24 passes when the garment is in position as seen in Figure 1. This allows the two straps'to have their terminal ends brought together and tied into a bow to aid in maintaining a garment in neat position on the wearer. One end of the strap24 is attached to the flap 5.

' In practice,y the right hand is simply slipped through the armhole 11 and the flap 5 is drawn from left to right over the front of the body of the wearer. Then the front portion 4 is drawn over and beyond the flap 5 so the flap 5 underlies the front 4. The free .50

end of the strap 24 is passedV through the eyeauf panion button equipped extension to form let 23 and then the straps 20 and 24 are brought around to the back of the garment and tied together as indicated in Figure l. The buttonholes l5 are engaged with the buttons 18 and the buttonholes 8 are engaged with the vertically spaced side connecting buttons 7. This completes the garment for practical wearing' purposes.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection with the drawings. Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in shape, size, and rearrangement of details coming within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to in actual practice, if desired.

vWhat is claimed is:

The herein described Wrap-around slip-on garment, comprising a blank of garment material defining a back, front and Hap for underlying said front, a strap attached at its inner end to the underlying flap near the Waist line, said front being provided intermediate its longitudinal edges with an eyelet through which said strap is adapted to be passed to the outside of the garment, a

second strap attached to said front at the opposite side of the vertical median line to said eyelet, said straps being adapted to be tied together at the back to aid in maintaining the garment in place, that portion of the I blank near the upper part of the back and front being formed with an armhole, the upper part of said front having a buttonhole equipped extension and a corresponding portion of said back being provided with a comthe top of a second armhole, and means for detachably connecting the underlying flap and the front immediately below said second armhole.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

EDVARD ASH. 

